Scraper attachment



B. SEEUG.

SCRAPER ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED 050.15. 1919.

Patented Sept. 6, 1921..

A TO IVE) rss BERNARD SEELIG, OF NEW YORK," N. Y.,

SCRAPER ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 6, 1921.

Application filed December 15, 1919. Serial No. 345,094.

To all to 7mm it may concern Be it known that I, BERNARD. SEELIG, acitizen of the United States, residing at New York city, borough ofManhattan, county and State of New York, have invented a certain new anduseful Scraper 'Attachment, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an attachment for scrapers and, more particularly, forthose einployed by painters and decorators.

It is the common practice when refinishing walls and ceilings, whichhave been previously ca-lcimined, to remove the old calcimine beforerefinishing the surface, and in carrying out this practice the wall orceiling is usually moistened and the old calciinine thereafter removedby means of hand scrapers. As this work has heretofore been carriedout-,flakes of calcimine have been allowed to fall on the floor orfurniture in the room and water, with which the ceiling was previouslymoistened, was allowed to spatter with the result that it has beenrequired to cover the floors and furniture with tarpaulins or canvascovers to preclude damage from the falling dirt and water. Moreover,when operating on ceilings the side walls have frequently been so badlymarred as to require refinishing thereof.

The object of the present invention is to provide a hand scraper forcarrying out these functions and others with an attachment, whereby thematerial scraped free from the surface is caught in the receptacle andis not allowed to fall broadcast throughout the room. The preferredembodiment of the invention contemplates an attachment which may besecured to any stock scraper in such manner that when the material isscraped free from a wall or ceiling it is caught in the receptacle whichmay be discharged from tim to time as it becomes more or less full, intoa convenient vessel such as a pail.

Features of the invention other than those specified, will be apparentfrom the hereinafter detailed description taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings.

In the accompanying drawings, 1 have illustrated one practicalembodiment of the invention, but the construction therein shown is to beunderstood as illustrative only, and not as defining the limits of theinvention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a scraper with the attachment ofthe present invention associated therewith.

Fig. 2 is a. perspective view of the attachment with the scraperremoved; and,

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of In the accompanying drawings, awell known style of stock scraper is shown embodying a blade 1 providedwith the usual handle 2, andwith this scraper is adapted to beassociated the attachment 3 of the present invention, which is shown inFig. 2. The attachment is preferably made from sheet metal and is in theform of a casing provided with an open end 4 and an open side 5. Theopen side of the casing 5 is adapted to be closed by the blade 1 of thescraper, and, accordingly, the longitudinal contour of the casing 3 ismade to correspond to the shape of the blade, being tapered toward thebase of the casing, as clearly shown in the drawings. Though notessential, the casing is, moreover, tapered in thickness toward the basethereof as this renders the attachment less bulky and cumbersome whenattached to the scraper.

The edges of the casing adjacent the open side,5 thereof are providedwith inwardly curvedflanges 6 which extend from adjacent the open end 4along said edges for the greater part of their length and directlyadjacent the base of the casing, said edges are also provided with shortflanges 6' formed in the same manner as the flanges 6. but intermediatethe flanges 6 and 6, said edges are free from the flanges so as toenable the attachment to be positioned on or removed from the scraper.This is done by sliding the scraper relative to the attachment in alongitudinal direction toward the base of the casing 3 and causing theflanges 6 to snap over the blade 1 near the handle 2 as clearly shown inFig. 1. Though it is not essential, the casing 3 may be provided with ahandle member 7 which underlies a portion of the handle 2, as showninFig. 1. By providing the handle portion 7, the operator may by holdingon to the handle 2, simultaneously hold on to the overlying portion 7 ofthe attachment so as to preclude any tendency of the attachment to workloose during use.

The flanged walls of the casing may be precluded from springing apartand releasing the attachment from the scraper during use by meansofspacing straps 8 and 9. Strap 8 extends across the open side of thecasing near the open end thereof and overlies the blade 1 of thescraper, whereas the strap 9 extends across the open side about midwayofthe length of the attachment and is preferably curved longitudinallyso as to allow of'slight springing during the positioning of theattachment on or'its removal from the scraper.

In employing a scraper to which the attachment of this invention isaffixed, the scraper is manipulated in the usual way and as theparticles of material are released from the surface operated upon theyfall through the open end 4 intothe casing 3 from which they may bedumped from time 7 to time into a convenient pail or tub provided forthis purpose. Experience has shown that old calcimine may be removedfrom the ceillng in a most cleanly manner and Without depositing theremoved mate- 'rial upon the floors or furniture. It is desirable thatthe casing be so formed that the walls of its open end project forwardlyof the. scraper in such manner as to catch the'particles as they arereleased and fall, and said Walls are preferably slightly flared at theopen end to more efficiently carry out this purpose.

It will be understood that the specific invention described may bemodified in formal V respects, such as by the substitution ofequivalents, and that parts of the complete mechanism described may beused alone, or in other environments, without departing from the spiritor substanceof the broad invention, the scope of which is commensuratewith the appended claims.

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. An attachment for scrapers, having a blade and a handle therefor,embodying a casing provided with an open side and an era-l edges of theblade of the scraper to clamp said blade in position to close the openside of the casing and detachably mount the casing on the scraper, and ahandle portion formed on the casing and positioned to underlie a portionof the handle of the scraper, sothat the hand. of an operator, graspingthe scraper, will embrace the handle portion of the casing and maintainthe casing against inadvertent disengage ment from the scraper; V

2. A scraper attachment embodying a tapered casing open at bothends andhaving an open side, flanges formed on the casing adjacent the open sidethereof and adapted to engage with the lateral edges of a scraper blade,a nonyieldable tie member extending across the open side of the casingadjacent the larger end thereof for rendering the larger end of:thecasing rigid, and a yieldable tie member extending across the open sideof the casing intermediate the ends of the casing to permit the flangesto resiliently grip the edges of the scraper blade and thereby'detachably mount the casing on the scraper.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

I BERNARDSEELIG.

l/Vitness ELIAS Born.

